Fox Sparrow #6 Plan by Flatfish Island Designs. This plan is 3,110 square feet with 4 bedrooms and 3,5 bathrooms. Quite the stunning Lowcountry plan don’t you think? What a handsome exterior. Wonderful porches, love the cuts in the roof and the dormers. Very sharp! I don’t normally showcase larger homes – I guess they just get too big and loose all the qualities that I love so much. But this one… SWEET! Oh, and that link at the beginning of this paragraph – it’s FABULOUS! Click on it to be taken to the website about this house plan, it shows many photos (actual images of a real house) so you can really get a good idea of how it can look! That’s priceless!

You can get a great idea on the use of space in this plan from this image. Just look at the extensive outdoor living space! Wow… and best of all, it comes complete with an outdoor fireplace! LOVE IT!

I have always adored a porch. If it’s just right it can be used as much as your interior space. I like the Den (aka, great spot to read or work on the computer, oh yeah, work at the computer while looking out the windows… always good for inspiration)! Then the Kitchen/Dining/Living spaces all quite comfortable! It’s nice to have a Powder Room and Laundry and then the Master Bedroom/Closet/Bathroom. Very nice!

Upstairs are three more bedrooms and two bathrooms. I would make one a storage room ;)

BONUS! This house plan has a pretty fantastic garage plan! Isn’t this nice?! The same wonderful roof lines!

You could build this garage FIRST and live in it while you build the main house! How perfect would that be? What a wonderful guest house this would be! This is wonderful!

All images via FlatfishIslandDesigns.blogspot.com, used with permission…

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Looking for a small plan? The 514-20 House Plan is one of the Katrina Cottages designed by Marianne Cusato, Architect for HousePlans.com. This cottage is 832 square feet with 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. There is a fabulous front porch perfect for entertaining. What a sweet plan!

This house has a generous size front porch, measuring at 8’x15’6″ which makes it quite nice for entertaining, or for just sitting on your porch in good weather with a tea and a good book! Simple but efficient floor plan, perfect for those just starting out or downsizing! Life is less complicated with less stuff!

The plan is open, you walk into the living space, then on one side is the kitchen, the other side is the bathroom and at the back of the house is one bedroom, there is another bedroom off of the living room. Which gives you your own sense of space in a small house.

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W1960GT offered by Architectural Designs – what a fabulous layout! It’s got such nice lines to it. This type plan will always be a winner! The front porch is wonderful and just adds to the living space albeit outdoors, but how nice is that? I really like the exterior shingled. The W1960GT plan is 1,442 square feet with 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.

LOVE THE VERANDA. Oh, maybe I already said that… but I do, that is such a big + in my book! It’s nice that this plan has a downstairs bedroom – that always comes in handy. I like the living/dining/kitchen setup and the wonderful screened porch off the dining room. Very nice! The only thing I would eliminate is the door in the bathroom near the toilet/tub area and maybe have a shower instead of a tub, but that’s personal preference. It’s nice that there are options!

The upstairs is great with two bedrooms separated by a bathroom. I think the sloped ceilings add so much character to a home!

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Tideland Haven Garage Plan by Our Town Plans. This garage fits Tideland Haven house plan to a tee! With space for two vehicles, as well as a golf cart or similar and a small guest house. What more could you ask for?! I think the design of this is brilliant. And… it accompanies one of the most popular house plans ever!

There is plenty of room for two cars as well as storage. I love the spot for the golf cart! And the guest room… well, it’s just perfect! When you need guest space, this covers the basics… bathroom, bed, and storage space! I am happy to say you’ll see more plans by Our Town Plans! I just happen to love them all!

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Martin House plan (SL-1863) by architect Bill Ingram for Southern Living House Plans. This plan is 2,990 square feet with 3 bedrooms and 2.5 bathrooms. I really like that the garage doesn’t look like a garage! Also note the wonderful porches on front and back! This plan is more traditional than the open plans I have been featuring. There are so many different styles to love, and this is surely one!

Can the exterior be any classier? I don’t think so… I love it!

As I mentioned, instead of the open living, dining, kitchen space, you have more individual rooms, which is also quite nice. I like how the master is tucked away, and the library not far from the master… love it!

The upstairs has two bedrooms with a shared bath and private dressing rooms. How decadent!

 Images via Houseplans.southernliving.com

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TNH-0-25. In my dreams, along with all the fabulous house plans, I love to look at plans of outbuildings. There are so many I like, I was looking for a plan with no kitchen. Our house is 2 bedrooms, which is fine most of the time, but another bedroom sure would be handy to accomodate the few times when we’ve had more than one person want to visit at the same time. Most of the time it could be used as a studio, but when company is in town the studio could become a guest room. A place to sleep and take a shower. How perfect is that?

What a dream it would be to paint without having to put everything away each time. This is my excuse why I haven’t painted in a long time… here is my scenario: Set everything up (in our sunroom, which we use on a daily basis), crack windows, position a box fan blowing air out, setup paint, palette, etc. Then decide what to paint (ok, this part is my fault I so know that, ha ha), then start to paint and BOOM it’s time to make dinner… clean the brushes, the palette, etc. Put everything away, close the windows, put away the fan, etc. And once again, no painting… sigh… So ideally, if I had a studio I should have no reason not to paint, right?

Our garage is in our backyard, so its not where a car can be parked, which is fine. If we ever built a garage, we would have to stay with the same foundation, we cannot change it or we would have to move it. So it would have to be pretty small. A friend of mine in the neighborhood built a beautiful garage/studio with fabulous barn doors… I love it… That’s what I want… but it would have to be much smaller… that’s OK!

So this configuration would give you a place to paint, as well as cleanup. A shower would be nice when we work in the yard and get really dirty, nice to not drag it through the house. I love the light coming in the windows (and the ventilation). Nice that the steps are inside and not outside in the weather.

This is the side I love! This would face our pool – how cool would that be? I would see if we could use barn doors instead of regular doors. They’re so cool!

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House plan 552-2 a Signature Plan by Arch L.A.B from Houseplans.com. I know… not everyone likes a modern house plan, but bear with me…

I love the clean lines and uncluttered feel to this plan. This house is very practical as well, and just look at that fabulous carport! No tree sap to keep your car windows from opening, that’s for sure! But wait until you see the back of the house! I imagine this house maybe situated on a lot with a water view, or desert view, or some kind of view other than other houses…

The plan is quite nice. You walk in and have the kitchen, breakfast, and great room to your left. If you come in through the carport, you come through a utility room/pantry. The master bedroom/bathroom is at one end, and includes a covered patio with a poolside view. Nice! Bedroom 1 I would use as a reading room and bedroom 2 for guests. All of this living space tucked into 1,539 square feet!

My favorite view! I love those windows! Nice little covered patio outside the bedroom and off the living area. Very nice!

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The Augusta Avenue house plan (C0525) by Allison Ramsey Architects is 1682 square feet with 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. It’s a great plan that fits a lot in not a lot of square footage. I really like that! The lines on this house have character – a definite must!

What is more welcoming than a nice deep porch? Lovely! I like the master tucked away in the back, with a laundry room nearby, and also near the back of the house. A breakfast area that could easily be made into a reading area if you prefer just one eating area. Options… love em!

A great upstairs with a window in the loft area. For us, we would stick with with just three bedrooms, that’s plenty! Nice that there is a shared loft space and bathroom upstairs. If you needed extra studio space, say, for an art studio, the optional bedroom four would be quite nice, wouldn’t it?

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House Plan 461-6. This arts and crafts style house plan has a nice layout for a smaller house. I can imagine sitting on this porch with an iced tea (or hot chocolate) and a book. It would be nice with a small table and lamp. Oooh, my imagination goes crazy! Nice details make this a plan that could be around for quite a while! I just love those windows upstairs, and the nice deep porch!

This Signature plan is by Home Patterns LLC, it is 1,589 square feet with 3 bedrooms and 2.5 bathrooms and is offered by Houseplans.com!

The main floor doesn’t have space that will go unused. Virtually every room in this house can become useful whether or not you have someone living in bedrooms. It’s nice how the kitchen, living, dining are all in close quarters. Since we aren’t big dining room people, I would borrow some of the dining room to use as the kitchen. Maybe extend the counter top into the dining room, then swivel the island in the kitchen (so it’s facing the living room), that way you would have plenty of room for barstools underneath it, it also leaves you enough room in the dining room maybe for a small table. It’s so smart that they took that space underneath the staircase and added a small powder room. Perfect for guests!

Upstairs you could use one bedroom as a guest room and one bedroom for a studio/office/exercise room or maybe just a quiet reading room.

All images via Houseplans.com – this specific plan is House Plan 461-6 – images are used with permission…

 

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